Love and Salt-Water
First UK edition of Ethel Wilson's last novel
Author
Ethel Wilson
Publisher
Macmillan, London, 1956
Printing Details
First UK edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 203pp
Ellen Cuppy is the reluctant heroine of Ethel Wilson's final novel, "Love and Salt Water." Saddened by a painful childhood, Ellen has adopted a sceptical independence and learned too well to hold her heart in reserve. But, as the novel unfolds, Ellen undergoes something of a sea-change; learning to accept love along with the sorrow that is rarely far from love.
Condition
The book is in very good condition, but with some spotted foxing to the page edges and endpapers. The dustwrapper is chipped to the edges and joints with minor loss to the corners, and some staining and foxing but has not been price-clipped and is now within a protective sleeve.